Release of prisoners. Medical search. Frequent questions

I hope it will continue, and that all [the political prisoners] will leave prison and will live freely in a country where all parties are involved in a civilized and modern dialogue about the future,' Mladenov said. (rferl.org)
YANGON: More than a quarter of Myanmar's prison population is to be released, the president's office announced Friday, as calls grow to ease pressure on overcrowded jails with coronavirus fears gripping the country. (bangkokpost.com)
The release would start immediately, a senior officer of the prison department in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw told AFP without giving further details. (bangkokpost.com)
Mohammad Allan's lawyers said on Monday their client will not agree to go abroad for a period of four years in exchange for his release from prison. (presstv.ir)
After his release from prison in 2000, Larry wrote a detailed letter stating that he had lied about his sister's involvement in the death of her husband. (truthout.org)
The authorities should also consider releasing pre-trial detainees and detainees who are especially vulnerable to the disease including those with underlying medical conditions and the elderly as a means to reduce the prison population and prevent harm. (amnesty.org)
It is unacceptable that Turkey aims to release about a third of its overcrowded prison population but leave journalists behind bars during a global pandemic," said Gulnoza Said, CPJ's Europe and Central Asia program coordinator. (cpj.org)
In the interim, he said, the Internet postings could go away, replaced by emails sent to people who have a direct interest in someone's release from prison. (ktvu.com)
A senior U.S. official and the Russian foreign ministry say Russia released a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow while the U.S. released a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a prison sentence in Connecticut. (kivitv.com)
He told VOA's Burmese service after his release that, in prison, he felt as if he had been captured by Somali pirates. (voanews.com)
On Thursday afternoon, about 22 months into his prison term, Evans was freed on compassionate release - the result of a new law that allows inmates with serious illnesses to make their pleas to a federal judge if the Federal Bureau of Prisons fails to act. (wmfe.org)
Prisoners must demonstrate that their conditions are severe and that the prison system is poorly equipped to treat them. (wmfe.org)
Members of the tribal jirga took them to the village after their release from central prison in Khar, headquarters of Bajaur Agency. (opednews.com)
Last month, Russia denied Brittney Griner's appeal over her nine-year prison sentence in a drug smuggling case that dashes hopes of the WNBA star's release anytime soon. (newsone.com)
Two Cuban political prisoners have been released after they completed their respective prison terms. (typepad.com)
Jorge Ramírez Calderón , a member of the Frank País 30th of November Democratic Party, was released June 28 , after serving two years in prison on a charge of 'disrespecting authority. (typepad.com)
And Armando de Jesús Medel Martín , a former Cuban intelligence agent, was released June 29 after serving 20 years in prison on charges of 'espionage' and 'rebellion, according to Payo Libre . (typepad.com)
Crowds thronged the gates of Myanmar's most notorious prison Monday night as a nationwide mass prisoner release was underway after the country's military rulers announced an amnesty. (euronews.com)
Former prisoners waved from the windows of buses leaving the gates of Insein Prison in Yangon as family members gathered embraced and wept. (euronews.com)
Syarhei Kavalenka was released on September 26 after 280 days in prison. (euroradio.fm)
Age 50 is the criminological consensus of when a prisoner becomes elderly because people age physiologically faster in prison. (aclu.org)
As a national average, just five to 10 percent of aging prisoners return to prison for any new crime, according to the report. (aclu.org)
Relapse and recidivism are the norm following release from prison. (who.int)
The implementation of evidence-based drug treatment programmes in prison is rare, yet drug treatment in prison reduces the transmission of infections, recidivism and fatal overdose on release. (who.int)
La mise en oeuvre de programmes de traitement de la toxicomanie reposant sur des données factuelles est rare en milieu carcéral, alors que traiter la toxicomanie en prison permet de réduire la transmission d'infections, la récidive et l'overdose fatale à la sortie. (who.int)
However, high rates confirm that most drug of- Alternative approaches to imprison- turnover in the prison populations is fenders do not receive treatment while ment are consistent with the obligations thought to be at least 3 times that with in prison nor are they being referred to UN Member States have under the some 30 million individuals being de- treatment on release. (who.int)
There was no running water in the prison cells, and prisoners were segregated by race, with black prisoners receiving the fewest rations. (medscape.com)

Israeli officials have frequently negotiated prisoner exchange agreements, most famously when they agreed to release 1,027 Palestinian prisoners for the release of Gilad Shalit who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
In addition to trading prisoners for captive Israelis, the government has sometimes released prisoners as a goodwill gesture to satisfy Palestinian demands in peace talks. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
The new law prohibits the release of Palestinian prisoners who are serving life sentences in Israeli prisons. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
Consequently, the Palestinian leadership seeks to pressure Israel to release as many prisoners as possible, including those with "blood on their hands," while making as few concessions as possible. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
which entails the release of numerous Palestinian prisoners in return for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit . (ynetnews.com)
It will only weaken it," Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday in response to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to release Palestinian prisoners. (jpost.com)
A Palestinian hunger-striking prisoner facing imminent death has rejected the Israeli regime's offer to release him on condition that he go abroad, his lawyers say. (presstv.ir)
It took place after Likud ministers forced Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to drop his plan to include Israeli Arab prisoners in the group as per the Palestinian demand. (debka.com)
Dozens of Israelis rallied on Sunday in Jerusalem to protest the release of 104 Palestinian prisoners, including terrorists, as a goodwill gesture toward the Palestinian government. (debka.com)
Israel has called off a planned release of Palestinian prisoners in retaliation for the Palestinian Authority seeking greater recognition at the UN. (dw.com)
Israel announced Thursday it would not free an expected fourth, and final, batch of Palestinian prisoners. (dw.com)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the move on Wednesday to seek to join 15 international conventions through the UN was a response to Israel's failure to release the prisoners as promised at the end of March . (dw.com)
On Tuesday, Israel released another two-dozen Palestinian prisoners convicted of violent crimes against Israelis. (cpr.org)
Palestinian Omar Masoud was a prisoner freed in one of the previous releases. (cpr.org)
He was in the second group of Palestinian prisoners Israel agreed to release to restart peace talks. (cpr.org)
Israel's decision to free 104 Palestinian prisoners gave Masoud his life back. (cpr.org)
It helps the Palestinian position, it stops possible protests in the Palestinian street, and the Palestinian prisoners are reconnected with their people. (cpr.org)

The country is under a nationwide lockdown and there has been growing pressure to release inmates from what Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls "horribly overcrowded and unsanitary" jails. (bangkokpost.com)
The Justice Department will grant early releases to about 6,000 federal inmates within weeks, according to a report. (nbcnews.com)
The Justice Department will grant early releases to about 6,000 federal inmates within weeks, the federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Tuesday. (nbcnews.com)
In 2018, Massachusetts enacted a program for the compassionate release of inmates, called medical parole . (bostonglobe.com)
The Cuyahoga County jail in Ohio is releasing at-risk inmates. (bostonglobe.com)
We filed and set this application to determine whether the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is providing due process in making the decision whether to deny mandatory supervision release to eligible inmates who were convicted of offenses committed on or after September 1, 1996. (prisonlegalnews.org)
Another part of the law gives sick or elderly inmates the chance to petition a judge for early release if the Bureau of Prisons fails to act on their petitions after 30 days. (wmfe.org)
Congress initially carved out an exception for compassionate release for inmates in 1984, but requests were rarely granted . (wmfe.org)
LONDON - Activists here celebrated the announcement Tuesday that the last four British prisoners being held at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would be freed, but said they would continue to campaign on behalf of hundreds of inmates from other countries still detained without trial. (nevadaappeal.com)
Although the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair has worked since 2003 to have all the British inmates at Guantanamo released its custody, Straw said the United States had been reasonable to detain and question captured Taliban or al-Qaida fighters "deemed to pose a substantial risk" of returning to violent activities. (nevadaappeal.com)
In 2016, the Government of Azerbaijan pardoned 148 inmates in the days leading up to Nowruz, including more than a dozen people identified as political prisoners by leading human rights organizations. (csce.gov)
Existing law authorizes the sheriff to expend money from the fund to assist indigent inmates, prior to release, with clothes and transportation expenses, as specified. (prisonlegalnews.org)
This bill would additionally create a pilot program which would authorize the sheriff of specified counties to expend money from the inmate welfare fund for the purpose of assisting indigent inmates, after release, with the reentry process, as specified. (prisonlegalnews.org)
PFEIFFER: And, Steve, the prisoners' lawyers also note that about a quarter of Gitmo inmates have already been cleared for release, so the U.S. has determined they're no longer a threat, and whatever country they eventually go to has to provide security assurances. (tpr.org)
The transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in correctional facilities presents a public health problem for correctional-facility employees and for inmates and the communities into which they are released. (cdc.gov)

This law applies to individuals incarcerated from November 2014 onward, and does not apply to prisoners currently in Israeli prisons, who may still be released in negotiations. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
To achieve this highly desirable objective, a lot of work is needed to identify all the political prisoners in the prisons of India (or on bail). (countercurrents.org)
To mark Myanmar New Year, by respecting humanitarian ground and peace in mind of the people, the president pardons altogether 24,896 prisoners from various prisons," a statement from the president's office said. (bangkokpost.com)
Amid rising fears over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Egypt's overcrowded prisons, the Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all activists and human rights defenders detained solely for peacefully expressing their views, Amnesty International said today. (amnesty.org)
Egypt's authorities should be prompted by the risk of COVID-19 spreading in prisons to fulfil their international obligations and release the thousands of activists, human rights defenders, journalists and peaceful critics held simply for expressing their opinions or peacefully protesting. (amnesty.org)
In addition, given well-documented concerns that Egyptian prisons are overcrowded and suffer from poor health care and hygiene and sanitation conditions, the authorities should consider releasing detainees held in pre-trial detention, as well detainees who are especially vulnerable to the disease, such as those with underlying medical conditions and the elderly. (amnesty.org)
In the past three years, hundreds of political prisoners have been moved to extremely remote prisons, restricting their access to relatives, lawyers and medical care. (amnesty.org)
Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released Thursday in a one-for-one prisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a U.S. official. (newsone.com)
State television reported that 1,316 convicts were released from the country's prisons and charges against 4,320 others were stayed. (euronews.com)
HAVANA TIMES - In the early hours of this Thursday, February 9, the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship released 222 political prisoners, who were held in different prisons in the country, revealed sources linked to the relatives of the prisoners. (havanatimes.org)
Among those released are prisoners held in the Modelo and La Esperanza prisons for more than two years, and others who have remained in the infamous El Chipote jail and under house arrest for up to 600 days. (havanatimes.org)
The population targeted by objective 11-2 includes prisoners in federal and state prisons. (cdc.gov)

Amnesty International today welcomes the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, but calls on the government of Myanmar to immediately release all of the prisoners of conscience in the country.Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's best-known prisoner of conscience, has spent more than 15 of the past 21 years under house arrest. (amnesty.org)
The release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi must not make them forget other prisoners of conscience".There are more than 2,200 political prisoners in Myanmar still held under vague laws frequently used by the government to criminalize peaceful political dissent. (amnesty.org)
The 15-member Council voted in favor of the resolution on Wednesday, urging the junta to "immediately release all arbitrarily detained prisoners," including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (globalsecurity.org)
NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi said every individual has priceless values and she welcomes the release of every individual. (voanews.com)
Journalists, celebrities and Internet influencers are among the beneficiaries of the amnesty, but prominent political prisoners, such as the country's deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, remain in detention. (euronews.com)

Members of the political opposition in Belarus are cautiously welcoming a pledge by the country's authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, to release all political prisoners in hopes of resuming dialogue with the West. (rferl.org)
Lukashenka, who oversaw a brutal crackdown against opposition activists in the wake of his controversial reelection last year, has signaled he is ready to pardon all of his country's political prisoners by mid-October. (rferl.org)
We're expecting the country's political prisoners to be included in the release," said Bo Kyi, co-founder of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). (bangkokpost.com)
Because of the timing of the prisoner release -- one week before the start of the United Nations General Assembly meeting, where Rohani is expected to deliver a speech and engage in diplomatic outreach -- some analysts have interpreted the move as an effort by Tehran to improve the country's image before its appearance on the world stage. (rferl.org)
It was not clear how many of the country's more than 2,000 prisoners of conscience would be included because Burma does not consider any of its prisoners to be political. (voanews.com)

Since it was founded in 2005, the organization has helped more than 400 former prisoners, and, following a successful trial last year, is now planning to provide more job opportunities overseas. (chinadaily.com.cn)
Once former prisoners have jobs, the urge to commit crime weakens, and so does the necessity," he added. (chinadaily.com.cn)
Cai Weihua, an officer at the Sunshine Halfway House in Beijing's Xicheng district, said she and her colleagues regularly visit former prisoners living in the area to provide them with a basic living allowance immediately after their release. (chinadaily.com.cn)
We'll contact the authorities on their behalf and try to solve their difficulties as quickly as possible," she said, adding that the organization respects the feelings of those few former prisoners who are unwilling to be disturbed and leaves them to live on their own terms. (chinadaily.com.cn)
Title : Facilitators of HIV Medical Care Engagement among Former Prisoners Personal Author(s) : Bracken, Natalie;Hilliard, Charles;McCuller, William J.;Harawa, Nina T. (cdc.gov)

The organisation says there are currently 76 prisoners of conscience serving sentences behind bars. (bangkokpost.com)
She was one of more than 2,200 political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience , currently being held in deplorable conditions for simply exercising their right to peaceful protest. (amnesty.org)
The fact remains that authorities should never have arrested her or the many other prisoners of conscience in Myanmar in the first place, locking them out of the political process. (amnesty.org)
Amnesty International believes the vast majority of those held are prisoners of conscience who are being punished merely for peacefully exercising their rights to free expression, assembly, and association.Many of those still being held took part in the 2007 Saffron Revolution, sparked by protests against sharp fuel and commodity price rises. (amnesty.org)
She also she hopes more prisoners of conscience will be let go. (voanews.com)
I call on President Aliyev to respect human rights and democracy in his country and immediately release all prisoners of conscience. (csce.gov)

The decision by the Israelis to delay the release of the fourth tranche of prisoners creates challenges," he said. (dw.com)

We want a real solution," a Sunni legislator, Mohammed al-Dayeni, said, calling for all detainees to be released. (nysun.com)
The government has promised to release 2,000 detainees whose cases have been reviewed, in batches of about 500. (nysun.com)
He argued that the detainees were political prisoners. (africanews.com)
National campaign groups, such as Free Zyad Elelaimy and Free Ramy Shaath , are also calling for the release of detainees in pre-trial detention, people detained for non-violent offences and prisoners with health conditions. (amnesty.org)
Under the landmark agreement signed on Saturday in Qatar, 5,000 Taliban would be released in exchange for up to 1,000 government detainees by 10 March. (bbc.com)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office was criticized Tuesday for posting on the names of jail prisoners scheduled for imminent release online. (ktvu.com)
Those detainees were questioned briefly by police when they were returned to Britain and then released. (nevadaappeal.com)
Bernard Harcourt is a lawyer for one prisoner recently released, and he told NPR last month that he was hopeful many more detainees would be let go. (tpr.org)

In the past, Israel has released Palestinians by commuting their sentences. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
Furthermore, that's an average, so some prisoners' sentences will be shortened by more than two years (and some by less). (reason.com)
It's the third of four groups to be released before their sentences are up, part of a confidence-building deal that helped restart peace negotiations in July. (cpr.org)
Evans' plight underscores the serious bind for prisoners facing life-threatening illnesses - and the real-world effects of the First Step Act, a law President Trump signed last December to lighten sentences for some drug offenders. (wmfe.org)
In recent weeks, Ortega judges applied "accessory penalties" to the sentences of political prisoners in which they impose an alleged "perpetual disqualification" of their political and civil rights. (havanatimes.org)

It is disappointing that President Aliyev released only a small number of political prisoners among several hundred pardons he issued prior to Nowruz," said Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker (MS). "OSCE participating States commit to respecting freedom of expression, including the freedom to exchange information and views without interference from public authorities. (csce.gov)
This year, the Government issued pardons to more than 400 prisoners, but only four political prisoners were freed. (csce.gov)

On the same day, the SSSP also ordered the release of 15 politicians and activists who had been arbitrarily detained for months. (amnesty.org)

There have been several demands and campaigns for the release of political prisoners in India, related to a single political prisoner, a group or more generally for all political prisoners. (countercurrents.org)
At the same time she regrets that the political prisoner had to plea for mercy to be released. (euroradio.fm)

Between October 30 and November 2, the Justice Department plans to release about 6,000 drug offenders whose terms were shortened as a result of changes approved last year by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. (reason.com)
State-run television said Tuesday the government will release more than 6,000 prisoners, including those who are aged or infirm and those who have exhibited good behavior. (voanews.com)

Proposals to limit pretrial detention, release those within six months of completing a sentence, or who are detained for technical violations of probation and parole are important, but the release of vulnerable and elderly prisoners in high-risk categories is essential to protect them from contracting COVID-19. (bostonglobe.com)
Lawmakers need to implement reforms that lead to the release of those elderly prisoners who no longer pose a safety threat sufficient to justify their continued incarceration and reform our sentencing policies to prevent this epidemic at the outset. (aclu.org)
The ACLU's report, "At America's Expense: The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly," finds that by 2030, there will be more than 400,000 elderly prisoners behind bars, a 4,400 percent increase from 1981 when only 8,853 state and federal prisoners were elderly. (aclu.org)
Simply put, it is an unwise use of taxpayer dollars to spend enormous amounts of money locking up elderly prisoners who no longer need to be behind bars," said Bunting. (aclu.org)
The ACLU's report calls on states to grant elderly prisoners access to a parole hearing, during which parole boards can use risk assessment tools to accurately evaluate whether a prisoner continues to pose a public safety threat or whether he or she can be safely released. (aclu.org)

Lyabedzka now says he's confident Lukashenka will see his pledge all the way through and release the nearly 20 opposition protesters -- including three presidential candidates -- who are still in jail. (rferl.org)
Andrey Protasenya, seen here entering his Minsk home after his overnight release from jail, was a campaigner for opposition presidential candidate Yaroslav Romanchuk in Belarus's December 2010 vote. (rferl.org)
Some very famous fasts and movements were started with the aim of release of political prisoners and improving the conditions which they had to endure in jail. (countercurrents.org)
Syrian authorities released 260 prisoners, mostly Islamists, from Saydnaya jail on Friday, a human rights lawyer said. (yalibnan.com)
That public notice, critics said, has allowed ICE officials to apprehend some people outside the Richmond jail upon their release, if they are undocumented or have other immigration issues. (ktvu.com)
Livingston said his department does respond to some ICE requests for referrals about jail prisoners serving time for serious felonies, including crimes from carjacking to murder. (ktvu.com)
He said he remains saddened because of those political prisoners who remain in jail and called on Burmese politicians to back up their talk with real actions. (voanews.com)
The Government of Azerbaijan should uphold this commitment by releasing opposition figures, civil rights activists, journalists, and religious leaders who are currently in jail for peacefully exercising their rights. (csce.gov)

Most of the released prisoners were already in halfway houses and home confinement, Ross said. (nbcnews.com)
the rest will be sent to halfway houses or home confinement prior to supervised release. (reason.com)
In addition to community correction and nongovernmental groups, many ex-prisoners in Beijing live in halfway houses, designed to aid reintegration. (chinadaily.com.cn)

The Periodic Review Board, which uses this building for meetings, has recommended the release of a long-held prisoner from Guantanamo. (npr.org)
Having campaigned long and hard over Guantanamo, we are delighted that the misery of these four men and the anguish of their families at last appears to be coming to an end," Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International for Britain, said of the four Britons whose release was announced Tuesday. (nevadaappeal.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled that prisoners in Guantanamo, held as enemy combatants, have the right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts. (nevadaappeal.com)
When Taliban fighters seized Afghanistan's presidential palace last week, news agencies carried photos of the scene, and one of the people in those photos was a prisoner released from Guantanamo. (tpr.org)
PFEIFFER: So he was a Taliban commander who had been arrested shortly after 9/11, sent to Guantanamo and later released. (tpr.org)
But he acknowledges recidivism does happen, and he says with the Taliban back in charge, Biden may be more cautious in his approach to Guantanamo and may put more prisoner transfers on hold. (tpr.org)

Lukashenka's apparent about-face -- accompanied by the release of four activists today -- came after EU member-state Bulgaria entered talks with the Belarusian leadership with the aim of softening his stance on the political opposition. (rferl.org)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan government freed 20 jailed activists Friday who opponents of the socialist administration considered political prisoners, human rights advocates said. (seattletimes.com)
The elder Begg thanked the British people, constitutional and human-rights lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic, and activists who kept up pressure to get the prisoners released. (nevadaappeal.com)

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of newly freed Iraqi prisoners kissed the ground after being dropped at bus stations yesterday as Prime Minister al-Maliki launched the largest such release since the American-led invasion in a bid to appease Sunni Arabs and promote reconciliation in his fractured nation. (nysun.com)
Meanwhile, Gila Molcho fears that newly freed prisoners will return to violence. (cpr.org)

He then ordered their release pending investigations on bail of 5,000 Egyptian pounds (around US$320). (amnesty.org)
But he added: 'There is no commitment to releasing 5,000 prisoners. (bbc.com)

According to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the right to challenge one's arrest or detention is now indoctrinated in international human rights standards under Habeas-Corpus, which forbids unlawful detention or arbitrary detention of prisoners. (presstv.ir)
According to the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners, at least 9,043 people have been arrested since the takeover, and 7,355 were in detention at the time the amnesty was announced. (euronews.com)

In addition, India and Pakistan should reach an agreement around the 75th anniversary of independence for release and repatriation of each other's prisoners. (countercurrents.org)
Release and Repatriation of Prisoners of War during the Hostilities, Paper for the Summer School on International Humanitarian Law, Warsaw, Poland, edited and published by the Dissemination and Co-operation Division ICRC, 1988. (lu.se)
Release and Repatriation of Prisoners of War during and at the End of the Active Hostilities, Graduate Essay at the Law Faculty, University of Lund, 1991. (lu.se)

A statement from Israel's chief negotiator Tzipi Livni, sent to The Associated Press, said the Palestinians' decision violated the terms set for the prisoners' release. (dw.com)

The Israeli Knesset voted 35-15 on November 3, 2014, to preclude the government from negotiating with Palestinians through prisoner releases and exchanges. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
Critics of the legislation argue that it will now be significantly harder to negotiate the release of captive Israeli soldiers. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
He did the same with both previous prisoner releases, easing Israeli anger over the prisoner deal but infuriating Palestinians. (cpr.org)

What happens to the Taliban prisoners in Afghan jails was always going to be a tricky issue. (bbc.com)
We've got prisoners in South Australian jails, the Snowtown murderers, deemed never to be released and in those situations even an attempt recently to access basic communications with pen pals in other countries was denied by the state. (abc.net.au)

Political prisoners may be defined broadly as prisoners who have been arrested not for any crimes but for their political views, for their opposition of government and allied powerful business interests, for protecting the democratic rights of people particularly weaker sections, for resisting injustice and exploitation. (countercurrents.org)
crimes -- serious felony crimes -- of their impending release. (ktvu.com)

Some left messages on the Facebook page of Sotoudeh's husband, Reza Khandan, who broke the news of her release. (rferl.org)
The WNBA star was released and will be sent back to the U.S. as part of an international prisoner swap with Russia, CBS News reported on Thursday morning. (newsone.com)

Netanyahu told a Jewish Agency assembly that as a former prime minister, he was not going to interfere with the government's decisions regarding negotiations over the release of captured IDF soldier Cpl. (jpost.com)

Turkish authorities must swiftly redraft their amnesty bill and ensure that journalists, who are held as political prisoners on false 'terrorism' charges, will be released. (cpj.org)
The U.S. says of the more than 700 Gitmo prisoners who've been released over the years, 17% - 17 - later reengaged in terrorism. (tpr.org)
PFEIFFER: So he believes the number of ex-Gitmo prisoners involved in terrorism, in the sense of murder and mayhem, is much smaller than the government claims. (tpr.org)

The coronavirus threatens not only prisoners but also the correction staff who shuttle between the community and their work. (bostonglobe.com)
Last week, CPJ wrote an open letter to world leaders urging them to immediately release all journalists behind bars, as freedom has become a matter of life and death amid the coronavirus pandemic. (cpj.org)

Mr Ghani said such a prisoner release 'cannot be a prerequisite for talks', but must be part of negotiations. (bbc.com)

David Lee Geiken, a Texas state prisoner, who had been sentenced to four years incarceration for securing execution of a document by deception, filed a state postconviction habeas corpus action, under Article 11.07, challenging the lack of due process the procedures denying him mandatory supervision release. (prisonlegalnews.org)

One hopes that this effort will result in the release of all or most or at least some of the political prisoners in India, but even if this does not, the documentation made as a result of this effort will be very useful for the campaign which should continue. (countercurrents.org)

She says the release is a political gesture with no peace guaranteed. (cpr.org)
A newspaper correspondent reported that the once most wanted tribal cleric Maulana Faqir Mohammad in Bajaur tribal agency and his fellow militants have inked a peace accord with the government while the government urday released all his relatives as a gesture of good will. (opednews.com)

The United Nations Security Council has called on Myanmar's military rulers to end violence and release all political prisoners, in its first ever resolution on the country in more than seven decades. (globalsecurity.org)

Since Israel began negotiating prisoner exchange deals in 1985, they have released more than 3,500 Palestinians. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
The prisoner issue is one of the most sensitive for the Palestinians and the ability to negotiate their release is a sign of strength. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)

The West maintained a very moral, tough, and decisive position -- free political prisoners. (rferl.org)
It was hoped that when India becomes free, there will be no more any political prisoners. (countercurrents.org)
Olmert announced that Israel would free 250 Fatah-affiliated prisoners at Monday's Sharm e-Sheikh summit with Jordan's King Abdullah, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Abbas and, according to the London-based Al Hayat newspaper, the PA chairman had demanded that Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti be released. (jpost.com)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the resolution sent a "strong message" from the world that the junta "must end its violence across the country" and free prisoners. (globalsecurity.org)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his government has not pledged to free Taliban prisoners, as stated in a deal reached by the US and the militants. (bbc.com)
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw announced in Parliament the decision to release the four Britons, issuing a statement free of any criticism of U.S. policy. (nevadaappeal.com)

Rohani, who was inaugurated on August 4, campaigned on a platform of moderation and promised to release political prisoners as well as give Iranians more rights. (rferl.org)
Prisoner exchange includes five Iranians and five Americans, as $6bn in Iranian assets are unfrozen. (aljazeera.com)
The three other released Iranians have decided against returning to Iran, with two staying in the US, and one going on to a third country. (aljazeera.com)

Ms. Ashton urged the Belarusian authorities to release all political prisoners and lift all the restrictions of their civil and political rights, Radio Liberty reports referring to Maya Kosiânčič, Catherin Ashton's press secretary. (euroradio.fm)

The question of political prisoners has been a long-standing grievance in Iran among large numbers of people,' Hashemi says. (rferl.org)
Hadi Ghaemi, of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, called for the release of all political prisoners in Iran, and specifically named opposition figures Mir Hossein Musavi, his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, and reformist cleric Mehdi Karrubi, all of whom are under house arrest. (rferl.org)
A senior government official went even further in his support for the prisoner release, saying that Israel should even consider stopping the arrests of fugitive Fatah gunmen on condition that they cease receiving funds from Iran and halt their attacks against Israel. (jpost.com)
The agreement between the US and Iran has also seen $6bn in Iranian assets held in South Korea unfrozen, triggering the prisoner exchange. (aljazeera.com)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lowered expectations the prisoner swap could lead to a breakthrough in efforts to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, from which former President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018. (aljazeera.com)

On 19 March, the authorities transferred Laila Soueif to the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) building in New Cairo, where a prosecutor ordered her release on bail of 3,000 Egyptian pounds (around US$190). (amnesty.org)
While Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's release is certainly welcome, it only marks the end of an unfair sentence that was illegally extended, and is by no means a concession on the part of the authorities", said Amnesty International's Secretary General, Salil Shetty. (amnesty.org)

Thus, as Wright's son Alfey Ramdhan pointed out in an appeal in the San Francisco Bay View, her only chance to spend her remaining days with her family is if Gov. Jerry Brown grants her executive clemency or compassionate release. (truthout.org)
Seriously ill federal prisoners have new options to request compassionate release under authority granted by a law, the First Step Act, passed last year. (wmfe.org)
Families Against Mandatory Minimums - a nonprofit group that has spent years advocating for expanded compassionate release - recently highlighted a case where a prisoner suffering from stage 4 cancer was approved for release, but the inmate died before the order could take effect. (wmfe.org)
Now, thanks to the First Step Act, when I hear from someone struggling with the compassionate release process, I don't have to say, 'I'm sorry,' " FAMM general counsel Mary Price told NPR. (wmfe.org)
It is the most amazing feeling to work with the many lawyers who are filing and beginning to win compassionate release motions for prisoners who I know would never have made it to court, were it up to the BOP. (wmfe.org)

There's evidently no doubt that all people involved in the December 19 affair are going to be released. (rferl.org)
But he also has vowed to crack down on violence often blamed on the Sunni-led insurgency, and said the release plan excludes loyalists of ousted leader Saddam Hussein, as well as "terrorists whose hands are stained with the blood of the Iraqi people. (nysun.com)
Police said yesterday that 15 of the kidnapped people had been released, some with signs of torture, but provided no details on their identities. (nysun.com)
Foro Penal's director, Alfredo Romero, said the government still holds more than 350 people who are deemed political prisoners by foes of Maduro. (seattletimes.com)
Released again seven years later, he attacked three people within weeks, including an 11-year-old girl. (abc.net.au)
Just because you're British doesn't mean you're the only the only people with rights," said Clive Stafford Smith, an American attorney who represented two of the British prisoners. (nevadaappeal.com)
Despite evidence showing that elderly people are far less likely to commit crime than the rest of the population, more than $16 billion of taxpayer money is spent annually locking up hundreds of thousands of relatively low-risk prisoners who are 50 years of age and older, according to the ACLU's report. (aclu.org)
Last year the state legislature in Louisiana, which incarcerates more people per capita than any other state, passed such a law, easing taxpayer burden and allowing prisoners to return to their families to care for them while at the same time maintaining public safety. (aclu.org)
The Biden administration informed the US congress today that the exile of the Nicaraguan political prisoners was a "unilateral decision" of the Nicaraguan Government, although it stressed that "we welcome these people to the United States. (havanatimes.org)
We cannot comment on the details of the people released by the Government of Nicaragua, apart from indicating that included in this group is Mr. Michael Healy, a citizen with dual US and Nicaraguan nationality," the communication said. (havanatimes.org)

In a rare development at the U.S. military court in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a so-called "forever prisoner" who has been held there for more than 18 years despite never being criminally charged has been cleared for release. (npr.org)
About three-quarters of the 40 men still imprisoned at Guantánamo are "forever prisoners" who are being held without charge or trial, some for nearly two decades now. (npr.org)
Six of them have been cleared for release, some more than a decade ago, yet are still being held. (npr.org)
On 11 August 2009, after a trial widely condemned by the international community, she was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, which was later commuted to 18 months' house arrest.Her release comes just six days after the first general elections in Myanmar in 20 years, which were held against a backdrop of political repression. (amnesty.org)
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has held that Texas prisoners have the right to use a state habeas corpus action under Article 11.07, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, to challenge the procedures used to deny them mandatory release. (prisonlegalnews.org)
The court then held that mandatory language in the mandatory release statute, § 508.147(a), Texas Government Code, created a liberty interest in mandatory supervision release. (prisonlegalnews.org)

The rights group Amnesty International welcomed the release of political prisoners, but said it cannot be considered as progress unless the numbers increase substantially. (voanews.com)

In 2016, WHO released the second edition of the Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection. (who.int)

Iran's unexpected release on September 18 of about a dozen political prisoners, among them prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh , is being seen as the first tangible sign of change in the country since the July election of moderate cleric Hassan Rohani as president. (rferl.org)

Myanmar grants an annual amnesty to thousands of prisoners to mark its April New Year holiday, but this is the largest ever recorded. (bangkokpost.com)

The release came the day after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for 'heroic flexibility' in diplomacy -- comments interpreted to be a reference to Iran's relations with the United States and other countries who suspect it of trying to develop nuclear weapons. (rferl.org)
Fortunately Iran's frozen assets in South Korea were released and God willing today the assets will start to be fully controlled by the government and the nation," Kanaani said earlier. (aljazeera.com)

Indeed, there are reasons to believe that the number of political prisoners has increased significantly in India during the last eight years or so as many cases of very arbitrary arrests have been reported. (countercurrents.org)
As Pakistan is also completing 50 years of its independence, such a campaign for release of political prisoners as well as for improving their conditions will be equally relevant for Pakistan as well. (countercurrents.org)
Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, Emad Shargi and two citizens who wish to remain private will soon be reunited with their loved ones - after enduring years of agony, uncertainty, and suffering," Biden said in a statement released by the White House. (aljazeera.com)
Before signing the deal, the political agent, the controlling officer of Bajaur Agency ordered release of all the prisoners who were arrested years ago for having connection with al-Qaeda and Taliban. (opednews.com)
It costs $34,135 per year to house an average prisoner, but $68,270 per year to house a prisoner 50 years of age and older. (aclu.org)
re-imprisoned within 2 years of release, alternatives to Globally, at any given time, there are compared to 44% of all prisoners ( 8 ). (who.int)

They also hope to maintain constant communication with Russian officials to continue to push for her release. (newsone.com)
U.S. officials in Moscow said they hoped to continue meeting with Griner throughout her imprisonment and continue to aid her in her goal of being released. (newsone.com)

In the course of India's long and very courageous freedom movement, India became from time to time the country with perhaps the largest number of political prisoners in the world. (countercurrents.org)
There is now occasion to take up a more time-specific campaign as the 75th anniversary of the independence of India is approaching on August 15 2022 , and it will be a very appropriate homage to the freedom movement of India if all political prisoners of India are released around the same time, or before this. (countercurrents.org)

In Washington, D.C., the Pentagon announced that the four Britons and an Australian would be released from U.S. custody within weeks, based on guarantees from the British and Australian governments that their nationals would be prevented from engaging in terrorist activities. (nevadaappeal.com)
Patterns of Recidivism Among Prisoners Released from Custody in Victoria in 2002-03. (bvsalud.org)

The release of rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh (seen here in 2008) is being greeted as a sign of tangible change in the Islamic republic. (rferl.org)

The states currently imprison 246,600 Americans 50 and older, a generally low-risk population that costs much more to keep locked up than younger prisoners according to the report. (aclu.org)

The confusion over their fate stems in part from a difference in language between a statement released by the US on Saturday in Kabul, and the US-Taliban agreement. (bbc.com)
However, the US-Afghan joint declaration released on the same day simply says the US will facilitate between the government and Taliban on the 'feasibility' of prisoner release. (bbc.com)
And another Taliban leader who reportedly helped orchestrate the Taliban's comeback is also a former Gitmo prisoner. (tpr.org)
So all this raises concerns they never should have been released, and if we let more Gitmo prisoners go - there are 39 men still there - they could also end up back with the Taliban. (tpr.org)

On this occasion, the NTK leader and United Nations (UN) speaker Jeeva Dawning appreciated the efforts being made by the SGPC for the release of Sikh prisoners and termed the release of the Sikh prisoners as their constitutional right. (tehelka.com)

The Turkish parliament is considering an amnesty bill that would release 90,000 prisoners, but not include journalists. (cpj.org)

So a careful effort has to be made to identify political prisoners and present a list of these political prisoners, along with some essential details of each case, to the government at the latest by June 15, 2022. (countercurrents.org)
Burmese opposition and human rights groups say the government released dozens of political prisoners Wednesday, including a popular comedian. (voanews.com)
The release is the most dramatic in a series of moves by the new government, which took office in March, to begin tolerating some dissent. (voanews.com)
WASHINGTON -On the traditional holiday of Nowruz, Helsinki Commission leaders called on the Azerbaijani government to immediately release all remaining political prisoners and honor its OSCE commitments to human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. (csce.gov)
And according to a fiscal analysis conducted by the ACLU's in-house economist William Bunting as part of the report, states would save on average $66,294 per year by releasing an elderly prisoner who no longer poses a public safety threat - even when factoring in any government expenditures on released aging prisoners like healthcare or housing costs. (aclu.org)
While we have constantly pressed publicly and privately for the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua, the Government of Nicaragua made its own decision to release them," the US government explained. (havanatimes.org)

Last January, Daniel Ortega also used his first speech of 2023, during the installation of the new legislative period, to make it clear that he will not exonerate the 235 political prisoners despite the "campaigns" for their release. (havanatimes.org)

Hardly any country admits to political prisoners and yet at world level this has always remained a very important issue of human rights and of democracy. (countercurrents.org)
The 'Naam Tamilar Katchi' (NTK) of Tamil Nadu, which is raising its voice in favour of human rights, has supported the signature campaign launched by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for the release of the Bandi Singhs (Sikh prisoners). (tehelka.com)

It is the largest ever one-time release of federal prisoners, according to the Washington Post , which first reported the story. (nbcnews.com)
The Washington Post describes it as "the largest one-time release of federal prisoners" in U.S. history. (reason.com)
Last October, a federal prisoner named Richard Evans noticed a suspicious mass in his neck. (wmfe.org)

While medical parole has rarely been used to date, it should be widely implemented now to cover prisoners the CDC has classified as vulnerable to COVID-19. (bostonglobe.com)
He is only the second Guantánamo prisoner to be approved for release during the Trump administration, and the first during Trump's presidency to be cleared through this parole-like process. (npr.org)
The statute allowing a parole panel to override mandatory supervision release applies to all mandatory release eligible Texas prisoners whose offenses occurred after August 31, 1996. (prisonlegalnews.org)
howeverwithout allowing him to present any information on his behalf or even notifying him that his release eligibility was being reviewedthe parole panel overrode his mandatory release, finding that his good conduct credits do not accurately reflect his potential for rehabilitation and that he would endanger the public if released. (prisonlegalnews.org)
A meaningful opportunity to be heard does not require a live hearing, but it does require the parole board to provide the prisoner with timely notice of impending review and allow the prisoner to submit relevant information in writing. (prisonlegalnews.org)
Because the parole board had not been providing prisoners with notice that they were being reviewed and a meaningful opportunity to be heard, the decision to deny mandatory release violated Geiken's due process rights. (prisonlegalnews.org)
The Parole Board shall again consider Applicant for mandatory release and provide him with timely notice that such consideration will occur. (prisonlegalnews.org)

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